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- noun Plural form of
antiseptic .
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Examples
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I always make a difference between those so-called antiseptics or cleaning - which have a chemical in it that leaves a residue, because we have shown that these residues can select for resistant bacteria - antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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I always make a difference between those so-called antiseptics or cleaning - which have a chemical in it that leaves a residue, because we have shown that these residues can select for resistant bacteria - antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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If the wound happens to have been made with a knife or tool that you are not absolutely sure was perfectly clean, or if the wound gets manure or road-dirt or other filth rubbed into it, then it is best to go at once to a doctor and let him give it a thorough _antiseptic_ dressing, which consists of cleaning it out thoroughly with strong remedies, called antiseptics, -- which kill the germs, but do not injure living tissues, -- and then putting on a germ-proof dressing as before.
A Handbook of Health Woods Hutchinson 1896
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GAMMEX (R) Powder-Free glove with AMT Antimicrobial Technology features a unique and proprietary inner coating, containing skin friendly agents and chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG), an effective antimicrobial agent commonly found in products such as antiseptics and mouthwash.
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GAMMEX (R) Powder-Free glove with AMT Antimicrobial Technology features a unique and proprietary inner coating, containing skin friendly agents and chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG), an effective antimicrobial agent commonly found in products such as antiseptics and mouthwash.
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GAMMEX (R) Powder-Free glove with AMT Antimicrobial Technology features a unique and proprietary inner coating, containing skin friendly agents and chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG), an effective antimicrobial agent commonly found in products such as antiseptics and mouthwash.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Sedatives, hypnotics and antipsychotics, cold and cough medicines, ethanol, topical drugs such as antiseptics, laxatives, and antihistamines were other common categories of drugs reported to the centre, the study found.
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The package contains much needed medical supplies such as antiseptics, pain killers, electrolytes.
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~Chemical Reagents~, such as belong to the class known as antiseptics (_i.
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It has been used in amalgam dental fillings and topical antiseptics, and, for a period, was an ingredient in teething powders and de-wormers for small children.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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